Saint Barnabas

Saint Barnabas (died 61 AD) was a Cypriot Jew who became one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem.

Biography
Joseph was born on Cyprus to a Jewish family, the cousin of Mark the Evangelist. He became a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem, and he sold some of the land that he owned and gave the proceeds to the community, adopting the new name "Barnabas" (meaning "son of consolation"). He introduced Paul the Apostle to the other apostles in Jerusalem, and Paul and Barnabas travelled together on missionary journeys and supported the conversion of gentiles. Barnabas was said to have founded the Orthodox church on Cyprus, where he was tortured and stoned to death by a Jewish mob in 61 AD as his cousin Mark helplessly watched.